Blackpink’s ‘Shut Down’ music video surpasses 300 million views on YouTube

Blackpink’s “Shut Down” music video surpassed 300 million views on YouTube, the girl group’s agency YG Entertainment announced Tuesday.

The music video reached 300 million views at 3:31 a.m. on Tuesday. It has been 109 days since the release of the video.

“Shut Down” is a hip-hop song that samples Paganini’s “La Campanella” (1851), and stands out thanks to the strong vocals and rapping.

On the same day, the choreography video for member Lisa’s solo song “Money” surpassed 100 million views on YouTube, according to YG. It marks the 38th YouTube video for Blackpink and its members to surpass 100 million views.

“The explosive number of views on our videos is because we could practice with our members in a free atmosphere in the practice rooms,” said YG Entertainment in a press release Tuesday. “It was also achieved by Lisa’s performance skills and high-quality music.”

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]